Inquiry

Aboriginal Enhancement Schools Network (AESN)

“AESN schools link their inquiry specifically to Aboriginal ways of knowing. The ‘Spiral of Inquiry’ provides school teams with the structure for guiding their improvement and innovation work. Participating schools develop a question to address through their inquiry, collaborate with colleagues through regional meetings, and share case studies in a spirit of generosity and curiosity.”

“Natural Curiosity is a teacher resource that was launched in 2011. It’s focus is on Environmental Inquiry, and how to bring inquiry-based teaching practices into the classroom. The resource offers elementary school teachers a guide to making both the content and process of learning about the world more engaging and relevant to their students. This is possible when students become personally invested in a collective learning process that is shaped by their very own questions and theories about the world – their natural curiosity – and a process that places them in direct contact and relationship with the natural environment.”